Bitho Sharif Dargah
Dargah · Hazrat Makhdoom Syed Shah Darvesh Ashraf (Chishti-Ashrafi order, d. 10 Sha'ban 9 · Bitho Sharif locality, Gaya, Bihar
Pilgrims come to fulfil vows and for healing, particularly for illness and for afflictions believed to...
A Sufi shrine complex around the tomb of Shah Darvesh Ashraf, who is said to have come from Iran and founded a khanqah here with a mosque and madrasa in 1443 CE. The complex has prayer halls, a mosque, a langar that runs for three days at the urs, and hospices for visitors. Qawwali and sama gatherings are held. The access road is locally known as Dargah Road.
Plan your visit
- Area
- Gaya
- Status
- Coming Soon
Festivals
- Annual urs on 10 Sha'ban (the saint's death anniversary)
Yatras that include Bitho Sharif Dargah
- Sufi Yatra: A quieter shrine, and a reminder that this circuit is longer than its famous stops.
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Gaya
Also around Gaya
- Litti chokha: The dish people mean when they say Bihari food.
- Sattu sharbat in summer: What Bihar drinks against the heat: roasted gram, water, lemon and salt, sold from carts on every corner.
- Tilkut on Ramna Road: Gaya's winter sweet, pounded from sesame and jaggery by hand for about 150 years, and eaten at Makar Sankranti.
- Anarsa of Gaya: The rice-and-sesame sweet Bihar Tourism places at Gaya.
- The stone carvers of Patharkatti: A village of stone carvers descended from the Gaur craftsmen Ahilyabai Holkar brought from Rajasthan to build the Vishnupad temple; GI-registered in June 2026.
- Pitrapaksh Mela: The fortnight when families from all over India come to Gaya to offer pind to their ancestors.
Nearby places
- Vishnupad Temple, Gaya: Lord Vishnu's footprint, and the great seat of pind daan
- Akshayavat: It is where the final, concluding pinda of the Gaya Shraddha is offered, making it the last stop of the...
- Sita Kund: Pilgrims come because Sita is held to have performed Pind Daan here for her father-in-law Dashratha...
- Ramshila Hill: Rama is believed to have offered pinda on this hill, so mourners offer pindas here during Pitrapaksh
- Pretshila Hill: Devotees bathe in Brahma Kund and then perform pinda-daan on the hill for ancestors believed to be...
- Brahmayoni Hill: Hindus climb it in large numbers during Pitripaksha to offer at the hill and squeeze through the...
- Mangla Gauri Temple: It is counted among the eighteen Maha Shakti Peethas, the spot where Sati's breast fell, and newlyweds...
- Phalgu River ghats, Gaya: Tarpan and the riverbed pinda offerings of the Gaya Shraddha are made on these ghats
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Bitho Sharif Dargah important?
A Sufi shrine complex around the tomb of Shah Darvesh Ashraf, who is said to have come from Iran and founded a khanqah here with a mosque and madrasa in 1443 CE. The complex has prayer halls, a mosque, a langar that runs for three days at the urs, and hospices for visitors. Qawwali and sama gatherings are held. The access road is locally known as Dargah Road.
Which festivals are celebrated at Bitho Sharif Dargah?
Annual urs on 10 Sha'ban (the saint's death anniversary).
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